Global InformationTibouchina fraterna information
| Tibouchina fraterna | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Tibouchina |
| Species: | T. fraterna
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| Binomial name | |
| Tibouchina fraterna N.E.Br.[1]
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Tibouchina fraterna is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to Guyana and south Venezuela.[1] It was first described by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1901.[2] The type specimen is kept in the herbarium at the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum.[3] One chromosome count has been done for this species with a gametophytic count of 9.[4]
Two subspecies are recognized:[1]
- Tibouchina fraterna subsp. fraterna
- Tibouchina fraterna subsp. paruana Wurdack
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